TRACK TALK: Cabral pursues win No. 51

Randy Cabral of Kingston goes for his 51st career victory when the NEMA Lites race on Saturday night at Seekonk Speedway.

By Lou Modestino, Enterprise Correspondent

Nice going by Randy Cabral of Kingston in earning his 50th Northeast Midget Assn. feature win at the Star Speedway on July 8. Cabral has another opportunity to make it No. 51 at Seekonk Speedway on Saturday night (July 15) as the NEMA Lites are on the card at the Cement Palace along with the ACT Tour.

Silk at the wheel: Ron Silk joins the Brady Bunch out of Stoughton at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend. The former NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion will return to the series on Saturday (July 15) after missing the past three NWMT races.

After parting ways with Danny Watts, Silk had been looking for a ride until the Brady race team came to the front. Silk will wheel the iconic No. 00 at NHMS, a place in which he has been in victory lane in previous events. In his 26 career NHMS starts, Silk has two of his 10 career wins in Loudon. He also has finished inside the top five in his past four appearances at the New Hampshire oval.

Big weekend in Loudon: The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be part of a triple header on Saturday at NHMS. The tour will be the first race of the day and will be followed by the NASCAR Xfinity series. The final race of today will be the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East.

On Sunday, it will be the Monster Energy Series in the spotlight starting at 2 p.m. at the one-mile oval.

Making serious efforts in the NASCAR K&N Series is Eddie MacDonald (No. 71 Chevrolet) of Rowley. MacDonald is making his consecutive series start and his third of the season. MacDonald leads all active drivers with three career wins at NHMS, including a sweep of two races at the track in 2008. In 28 career starts at NHMS, Macdonald has five top-fives, 14 top-10s and seven qualifying efforts inside the top five. He has seven career series wins, most recently at Bristol in 2014.

Another New England driver is Andy Seuss (No. 31 Chevrolet). The Hampstead, N.H., native is making his first career K&N Series start.

Seuss has made 16 previous starts at NHMS in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, with one top-five and four top-10s, finishing a career-best fourth in 2013.

Rained out: Due to severe thunderstorms, this past Wednesday’s U.S. Nationals Pro Stock Super Late Model 200 at Seekonk Speedway has been rescheduled to next to July 19.

Elsewhere: The New London-Waterford Speedbowl in Connecticut offers a full card of stock car action on Saturday (July 15) at 6 p.m. ... There’s runs and eliminations for several classes at the New England Dragway in Epping, N.H., on Saturday and Sunday, starting at 8 a.m. each day. ... The 1/10-mile oval at Thompson Motor Sports Park, called the Little T, offers USAC quarter-midget action all day Sunday.

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